53: Sweet child o' mine

[Ebiris]

[14:08] <@Ebiris> With the curtain dropped, the black-clad stagehands quickly wheel the Beast off behind the rear curtains and out of sight, while everyone has a chance to catch their breath and prepare for the next act as the narrator sings her operatic chorus out front. Thesing doesn't seem pleased with the way things are going, though, and comments, "The audience could be forgiven for thinking this a censored performance with how harmless it's been," he looks over the other actors as if offended by their continued survival.
[14:09] <@Henrietta> "I emplore you to believe me," Henrietta responds in all seriousness, "that if I could have believably died before the next act, I would have."
[14:09] <@Rudy> "We let flesh-eating worms eat our.. flesh.. and stabbed ourselves!" retorts Rudy, looking more than a little affronted. "Do heads need to roll? Is that it?"
[14:09] <@Lucie> "Not enough blood 'n' guts for you?" Lucie mocks. "Gee, that's a shame. I feel real sorry that your perfectly safe role isn't turning out as fun as you'd thought."
[14:11] <@Ebiris> "Well, perhaps I can help increase the lethality of the proceedings?" a voice is heard as Robahl returns with a new figure. He's a tall middle-aged man with sculpted aristocratic features, black hair and thin mustache, wearing elaborate robes of black and green. The director seems quite pale and uncomfortable in the presence of this figure, no sign of his old bombastic-ness.
[14:13] <@Lucie> "It's not like it's an ironclad script," Lucie says with a shrug. "Anything could happen. And we wouldn't be playing our parts as believably as we can if we weren't doing our best to stay alive, now would we?"
[14:14] <@Henrietta> "It looks, well, it looks pretty lethal for Larazod, I think," Henrietta says with a glance at Tobin.
[14:15] <@Ebiris> He does look pretty badly banged up, but carries himself well nonetheless. "Who're you?" Tobin asks bluntly of the new arrival, who smiles coldly in response.
[14:15] <@Ebiris> "Vestus Savaska. I'll be... assisting, with the special effects for the next two acts. Stagecraft can only go so far, after all."
[14:16] <@Rudy> "What exactly are you doing?" replies Rudy, sizing up the robed man. "I'm sick of the guessing games."
[14:16] <@Lucie> "Dunno, I think they've done a pretty good job so far," Lucie says. "Be a bit before I walk without wincing, that's for sure."
[14:18] <@Ebiris> "Conjuration and necromancy, young man," the robed figure gives Rudy a flat smile. "You'll see for yourself in a moment, for unless my ears decieve me the fair visbaronetess is wrapping up her end." Saying that he retreats to stage right, Robahl lingering a moment longer.
[14:18] <@Ebiris> "We're on the last stretch. Don't do anything stupid - hard as it may be," his heart doesn't sound in his insult, however, "And we'll all live through this."
[14:19] <@Henrietta> With no time to waste, Henrietta wards herself once more, however futile it all may ultimately be. Someone will need to be Tobin's shield in the next act!
[14:20] <@Rudy> Rudy acts likewises, rejuvenating the guttering shield enhancement that will keep him safe!
[14:20] <@Ebiris> OOC: 40 minutes for spell durations
[14:20] <@Henrietta> roll 1d10+5 FL
[14:20] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d10+5 FL and gets 14." [1d10=9]
[14:22] <@Ebiris> With the director retreating offstage, the curtain rises as the narrator announces, "Act the Fifth. The Birthing Trial." Thesing draws himself back in character, standing on one side facing everyone else in an adversarial position.
[14:22] <@Ebiris> "So, you have crawled from the maw of the beast?" the magistrate asks scornfully, "Let us see what blasphemous lies slither from your treacherous insides. Show them," he concludes coldly, gesturing for the silent bailiff to advance from offstage bearing a tray with five crimson eggs.
[14:23] <@Lucie> "Eggs?" Lucie says gallantly, despite a sliver of unease inside her. "Did you lay them yourself? You must be so proud."
[14:24] <@Rudy> "A most vile food! Eggs do naught but fatten the stomach and clog the muscles!"
[14:26] <@Henrietta> "No! Not the vessels of the Neverborn!" Henrietta gasps, bringing her hands to her mouth. "Those horrors are to be our trial?!" She shudders. "Those vile things feast on your very soul before they burst out of your body, mindless in all but their hate towards all that lives! Can you truly bring yourself to stoop so low, Magistrate?" The horror and revulsion are easy to act out, for they are not
[14:26] <@Henrietta> feigned in the slightest. "What possible way does this have of proving the truth? This is naught but murder!"
[14:27] <@Ebiris> "Shall you recant now, then?" Haanderthan asks, all but leering at Drovalid. "Or will you give birth to abominations of your very flesh? This is the trial that must be borne under our Lord Hades."
[14:28] <@Ebiris> "Do your worst, fool of a mortal!" Ilsandra suddenly explodes, drawing herself up. "I am a princess to hell, and no child born of my black soul shall bear malice against me!"
[14:28] <@Lucie> "I am familiar with abominations," Lucie says with a wave. "They spill from your mouth every time you open it. On with it."
[14:29] <@Henrietta> "If only that were true!" Henrietta shakes her head furiously. "But these things, they know nothing but hatred towards their--" her gaze flicks towards Rudy and Tobin, "--mothers!"
[14:29] <@Ebiris> "Hah, do your worst!" Tobin agrees gallantly. "If Hades wishes it, I shall choke the life out of my warped child with glee." Snatching an egg off the tray. "I gulp this egg down before the court and my Lord's eyes!" He holds it up, but noticably hesitates as if hoping he's not alone.
[14:30] * @Lucie takes one as well. It's not like backing out is an option at this point.
[14:30] <@Ebiris> Ilsandra is quick enough to back Tobin up, taking her small red egg and popping it into her mouth without hesitation! That's enough for Larazod to dine upon his own, swallowing it whole!
[14:30] * @Henrietta is almost brought to tears. Hasn't there been enough burrowing that day? But she can hardly leave Tobin on his own....
[14:31] <@Rudy> "Aye, Larazod. This trial will unman us both, no matter if we succeed or fail," notes Tybain, miserably. "Oh, Esmerelda! Will now be the time I learn of the greatest agony mortals have to offer?!" He reaches for his own egg, closing his eyes firmly before gulping it down. It's fine; he can wait on suicide after the play is done with.
[14:31] * @Lucie forcing back a grimace for the sake of the show, Lucie chokes the thing down as quickly as possible. Who knows what kind of egg that actually is, but she doesn't want to taste it.
[14:31] * @Henrietta closes her eyes tightly and follows suit.
[14:32] <@Ebiris> Everyone eats their eggs, their small shells sliding down throats easily and resting heavily in stomachs. But after just a moment - time used by the bailiff and Haanderthan to retreat offstage notably - their stomachs start to roil and twist!
[14:32] <@Ebiris> OOC: fort saves, all
[14:32] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+3 why must they all be fort
[14:32] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+3 why must they all be fort and gets 22." [1d20=19]
[14:32] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+7 Tobin
[14:32] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+7 Tobin and gets 27." [1d20=20]
[14:32] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+4 oh no
[14:32] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+1 Calseinica
[14:32] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+4 oh no and gets 6." [1d20=2]
[14:32] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+1 Calseinica and gets 6." [1d20=5]
[14:33] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+3
[14:33] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+3 and gets 4." [1d20=1]
[14:33] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie and Tobin are sickened. Everyone else is nauseated.
[14:35] <@Rudy> Rudy reels like he's been drinking with Collective pirates on a post-raid booty splurge, falling to his knees and starting to cough up some phlegm!
[14:35] <@Ebiris> It twists and heaves inside your bellies! something unnatural and foul, spreading and expanding without regard for your innards, but thankfully not ripping through organs or bursting stomachs. No, the foulness inside follows the only route available to it - back up! Ilsandra is first to heave, her eyes bugging out as she doubles forward and wretches a massive torrent of roiling green goo that quivers and slides across the stage after falling in torrents from her mouth! Tobin is quick to follow, clutching his stomach and vomiting more of that luminescent emerald slime forth!
[14:35] <@Ebiris> OOC: you all vomit up goo, so feel free to RP it!
[14:36] <@Ebiris> Dimly heard off the side of the stage by Lucie, Vestus begins to chant...
[14:37] <@Lucie> Lucie has a moment of clarity to think with irony, This is high drama? before dropping on all fours and ejecting...well, really, she doesn't know what's coming out of her mouth and she doesn't want to know.
[14:37] <@Ebiris> The audience watches this whole thing in awed horror. A few ladies are seen fainting, and there's even the sound of retching coming from one of the boxes above.
[14:37] <@Henrietta> Her thoughts are all jumbled, but if they were any clearer, they would be unlikely anything but the same horror the audience is showing.
[14:38] <@Rudy> Rudy feels like he wants to faint as well! A torrent of Myraesque ooze drips from his lips, with none of the exciting, powerful feeling he usually gets when throwing up monsters from the depths of his subconscious.
[14:38] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+1
[14:38] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d4+1 and gets 2." [1d4=1]
[14:40] <@Ebiris> From this ooze now coating the stage, figures begin to manifest! Slimy dripping stunted figures of melted pink skin and sunken gaping faces showing tortured agony and hate towards all that live! They take a moment to register their surroundings before advancing towards the stricken party!
[14:40] <@Ebiris> OOC: init time
[14:40] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+5 initiative!
[14:40] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+5 initiative! and gets 25." [1d20=20]
[14:40] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+6
[14:40] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+6 and gets 25." [1d20=19]
[14:40] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+1 Ilsandra
[14:40] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+1 Ilsandra and gets 14." [1d20=13]
[14:40] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+2 Tobin
[14:40] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+2 Tobin and gets 21." [1d20=19]
[14:40] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+3
[14:40] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+3 and gets 4." [1d20=1]
[14:40] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20 Tobin's child
[14:40] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20 Tobin's child and gets 6." [1d20=6]
[14:40] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20 Lucie's child
[14:40] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20 Lucie's child and gets 4." [1d20=4]
[14:42] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Lucie (s) > Rudy (n) > Tobin (s) > Calseinica (n) > Larazod's spawn > Henrietta (n) > Dentris' spawn'
[14:42] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+9-2
[14:42] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+9-2  and gets 8." [1d20=1]
[14:42] <@Ebiris> OOC: open, Lucie
[14:43] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+6
[14:43] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+6 and gets 26." [1d20=20]
[14:44] * @Lucie stands, raises one outstretched palm towards the nearest abomination. A bolt of force ripples outwards towards the creature. "You are not mine! We are not connected!"
[14:44] -> *Henrietta* These are lemures. Twisted malformed souls of those who offend Hades by disrupting the grave peace of the underworld, they are shaped into this form as punishment for eternity, condemned to know nothing but pain.
[14:44] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+5-2 ranged touch
[14:44] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+5-2 ranged touch and gets 16." [1d20=13]
[14:44] <@Ebiris> OOC: hate
[14:44] <@Ebiris> OOC: hit, I meant!
[14:44] <@Lucie> roll 4d6 nonlethal
[14:44] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 4d6 nonlethal and gets 14." [4d6=5, 3, 5, 1]
[14:45] <@Ebiris> Lucie's spawn is sent reeling by the spell, its flaps of diseased flesh quivering as it's knocked backwards, but it does not fall!
[14:45] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy
[14:46] <@Rudy> Rudy stumbles in horror, unable to really vocalize much beyond a horrified shout- soon overwhelmed by another fit of coughing!
[14:49] <@Ebiris> Larazod coughs a few times and wipes his mouth on a gauntleted hand, before he draws his sword and advances to cut down his own spawn. "You're no son of mine!" he roars!
[14:49] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+10 -4pa
[14:49] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+10 -4pa and gets 18." [1d20=8]
[14:49] <@Ebiris> roll 1d10+15
[14:49] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d10+15 and gets 18." [1d10=3]
[14:51] <@Ebiris> It's a massive two-handed cut with his oversized blade, rending it half open and spraying pus-tainted blood in an arc across the stage! But the blubbering 'child' remains upright, however! Ilsandra meanwhile reels, down on one knee and choking miserably, her eyes squeezed shut against tears. The spawn of Larazod however manages to counterattack, raising filthy claws to rend his flesh!
[14:51] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+4
[14:51] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+4 and gets 13." [1d20=9]
[14:51] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+4
[14:51] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+4 and gets 17." [1d20=13]
[14:52] <@Ebiris> All they do is scratch his armour, showing hints of the silver underneath its dark-painted stage job!
[14:52] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henrietta
[14:54] <@Henrietta> One hand over her mouth in a futile attempt to hold herself together, Henrietta draws her flail as she stumbles towards Tobin. She can't think clearly at all, but even in that state she still remembers her goal of shielding him from harm!
[14:55] <@Ebiris> roll 1d3
[14:55] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d3 and gets 2." [1d3=2]
[14:55] * Retrieving #dunes modes...
[14:55] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Lucie  > Rudy  > Tobin  > Calseinica  > Larazod's spawn > Henrietta  > Dentris' spawn > Drovalid's spawn > Tybain's spawn'
[14:56] <@Ebiris> As Dentris's malformed 'child' rushes to strike at its own mother, two more disgusting creatures arise from the muck, looking every bit as warped and miserably murderous as the first pair!
[14:56] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+6 charge!
[14:56] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+6 charge! and gets 7." [1d20=1]
[14:57] <@Ebiris> It slips a few feet away from the wizard in the slime, not even coming close to harming her and even drawing a few strained laughs from the crowd. The other two show their own murderous intent, the one that manifested near Tybain attacking him all out, while the other rushes towards Drovalid!
[14:57] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+4 drovalid
[14:57] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+4 drovalid and gets 15." [1d20=11]
[14:57] <@Ebiris> OOC: +2 on that for charge
[14:57] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+4 tybain
[14:58] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+4 tybain and gets 19." [1d20=15]
[14:58] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+4 tybain
[14:58] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+4 tybain and gets 6." [1d20=2]
[14:58] <@Ebiris> OOC: ACs?
[14:58] <@Henrietta> OOC: AC19
[15:00] <@Rudy> OOC: 21
[15:03] <@Ebiris> Neither manages to accomplish much, their attacks spirited but clumsy and ineffectual! The rush of battle helps clear heads and put behind the sickly nausea of their birthing, allowing the heroes to focus fully on survival!
[15:03] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[15:04] <@Lucie> "I deny you!" Lucie cries out in a voice filled with real revulsion. Lifting her mace (disguised by stagecraft as Dentris's wand) high, she attempts to bring it down on the monster's malformed head.
[15:04] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+5-2
[15:04] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+5-2 and gets 19." [1d20=16]
[15:05] <@Ebiris> OOC: hit
[15:05] <@Lucie> roll 1d8+2 damage
[15:05] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d8+2 damage and gets 6." [1d8=4]
[15:06] <@Ebiris> The spongy flesh of the monster makes Lucie's mace practically bounce right off of it! She barely leaves a bruise, but coupled with her earlier spell the thing is now pitifully dazed and unfocused.
[15:06] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy
[15:07] <@Rudy> Rudy yells in anger, and takes a step back to unload bolts from his crossbow into the foul thing! "This cannot be! I refuse to acknowledge it!"
[15:07] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+6 attack1
[15:07] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+6 attack2
[15:07] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+6 attack1 and gets 24." [1d20=18]
[15:07] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+6 attack2 and gets 23." [1d20=17]
[15:07] <@Rudy> roll 1d8+1
[15:08] <@Rudy> roll 1d8+1
[15:08] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d8+1 and gets 2." [1d8=1]
[15:08] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d8+1 and gets 2." [1d8=1]
[15:09] <@Ebiris> The bolts peneteate deeply into Tybain's child, flesh distorting inhumanly before it springs back, sending the bolts back out without any sign of injury! Larazod meanwhile takes a second to unsling his Hades adorned shield before stabbing his sword deeply into the flesh of his own foul spawn with a savage cry!
[15:09] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+14
[15:09] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+14 and gets 16." [1d20=2]
[15:10] <@Ebiris> roll 1d10+10
[15:10] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d10+10 and gets 17." [1d10=7]
[15:10] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Lucie  > Rudy  > Tobin  > Calseinica  > Henrietta  > Dentris' spawn > Drovalid's spawn > Tybain's spawn'
[15:12] <@Ebiris> His sword stabs right through its body and into the stage's woodwork on the other side! Thus impaled it deflates pitifully before disintegrating into nothingness, blown away on an unseen wind! Ilsandra rushes over towards him while drawing an ornate dagger from somewhere on her skimpy costume, "Brave knight, your fierce death-dealing sets my black heart aflame with passion!" she carols upon sidling next to him.
[15:12] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henrietta
[15:13] <@Henrietta> Now faced with her own opponent, Henrietta twirls her menacing flail above her head and tries her best to bury it into the monster trying to maul her!
[15:13] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+7
[15:13] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+7 and gets 14." [1d20=7]
[15:13] <@Ebiris> OOC: hit
[15:14] <@Henrietta> roll 1d10+6
[15:14] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d10+6 and gets 12." [1d10=6]
[15:15] <@Ebiris> Drovalid shows her torturers skills work just as well upon already tortured spirits, her flail punching deeply into its face, leaving a bloodied and torn ruin in its wake! Her 'child' moans chillingly through its wounds, upright nonetheless! For now is when the swarm of unholy children make their attack!
[15:15] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Lucie  > Rudy  > Tobin  > Calseinica  > Henrietta  > Dentris' spawn > Drovalid's spawn > Tybain's spawn > Ilsandra's spawn'
[15:16] <@Ebiris> Another wretched figure emerges from the ooze next to the pair of Larazod and Ilsandra, attacking her just as the others go for their own 'parents' with scorned fury!
[15:16] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d20+4 Calseinica
[15:16] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2#1d20+4 Calseinica and gets 35." [2#1d20+4 = 13, 22]
[15:16] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d20+4 Drovalid
[15:16] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2#1d20+4 Drovalid and gets 38." [2#1d20+4 = 23, 15]
[15:16] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d20+4 Tybain
[15:17] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2#1d20+4 Tybain and gets 17." [2#1d20+4 = 12, 5]
[15:17] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+4 Dentris
[15:17] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+4 Dentris and gets 22." [1d20=18]
[15:17] <@Ebiris> OOC: ACs?
[15:17] <@Lucie> OOC: AC 17
[15:18] <@Henrietta> OOC: 19
[15:18] <@Ebiris> roll 2d4+4 Ilsandra
[15:18] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2d4+4 Ilsandra and gets 11." [2d4=3, 4]
[15:18] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+2 Henrietta
[15:18] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d4+2 Henrietta and gets 5." [1d4=3]
[15:18] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+2 Lucie
[15:18] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d4+2 Lucie and gets 6." [1d4=4]
[15:21] <@Ebiris> Calseinica shrieks as she's torn into by her supposed offpsring, ripping parts of her dress off and rending skin viciously, she finds that her supposedly 'safe' role isn't so safe after all! She's forced to lean on Tobin for support, trying to use his body as a shield against impending death! Lucie and Henrietta both take painful wounds themselves, the clumsy claws of the tormented spirits having uncanny power behind them, and sharp enough to easily tear skin to boot once through their protections. A few audience members surge to their feet, perhaps sensing blood in the air as the show finally gets close to someone's death!
[15:21] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[15:22] * @Lucie takes a step back to give her some room, then unleashes another bolt of force at the monster. "To the deepest abyss with you, begone!"
[15:22] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+5 ranged touch
[15:22] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+5 ranged touch and gets 24." [1d20=19]
[15:22] <@Ebiris> OOC: hit
[15:22] <@Lucie> roll 4d6 NL
[15:22] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 4d6 NL and gets 19." [4d6=3, 6, 5, 5]
[15:23] <@Ebiris> Lucie's child is blasted back by her assault, splashing through slime and landing in a crumpled unmoving heap several feet away! It doesn't vanish like Tobin's, but it's not moving!
[15:23] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Lucie  > Rudy  > Tobin  > Calseinica > Henrietta  > Drovalid's spawn > Tybain's spawn > Ilsandra's spawn'
[15:24] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy
[15:24] <@Rudy> Rudy's own problem isn't going away anytime soon! "My bolts are not thick enough to penetrate!" he cries in alarm, firing another pair at the beast from point-blank range!
[15:24] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+7 need to remeber this is +1 to attack
[15:24] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+7 need to remeber this is +1 to attack and gets 17." [1d20=10]
[15:24] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+7
[15:24] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+7 and gets 17." [1d20=10]
[15:24] <@Ebiris> OOC: 2 hits
[15:24] <@Rudy> roll 1d8+1
[15:24] <@Rudy> roll 1d8+1
[15:24] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d8+1 and gets 6." [1d8=5]
[15:24] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d8+1 and gets 9." [1d8=8]
[15:26] <@Ebiris> This time his attacks strike better, landing deep within folds of greasy fattened flesh and staying there! Rivulets if yellow-stained crimson dribble out from the wounds, a testament to their efficacy, but if anything they only seem to enrage the monster further! Tobin quickly moves to put himself between himself and the embattled actress, "Leave her alone!" he yells, sweeping across to bisect his foe!
[15:26] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+9 -5pa
[15:26] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+9 -5pa and gets 25." [1d20=16]
[15:26] <@Ebiris> roll 1d10+16
[15:26] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d10+16 and gets 23." [1d10=7]
[15:27] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Lucie  > Rudy  > Tobin  > Calseinica > Henrietta  > Drovalid's spawn > Tybain's spawn'
[15:28] <@Ebiris> With a might sweep her cuts it completely in half, the top part flying through the air and turning to ash as the bottom half melts into the goo underfoot! Calseinica sobs gratefully into his back, barely keeping herself together enough to say any lines. "My child, forgive me," she calls weakly and hesitantly.
[15:28] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henrietta
[15:30] <@Henrietta> Her hand trembles, but Henrietta is able to bring her flail up once more. "You should not exist!" she declares, attempting to finish the job.
[15:30] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+7
[15:30] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+7 and gets 17." [1d20=10]
[15:30] <@Ebiris> OOC: hit
[15:30] <@Henrietta> roll 1d10+6
[15:30] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d10+6 and gets 7." [1d10=1]
[15:30] * Joins: Madeline (~Madeline@203-206-227-61.perm.iinet.net.au)
[15:30] * Quits: @Rudy (~Madeline@203-206-227-61.perm.iinet.net.au) (Killed (NickServ (GHOST command used by Madeline)))
[15:30] * Madeline is now known as Rudy
[15:31] <@Ebiris> Her trembling hand only allows Henrietta a glancing blow, shearing off a chunk of flesh from its arm and earning a pained moan, but failing to be the killing blow she needs! Indeed, the embattled monster raises that maimed arm along with its other, seeking to rend her flesh in turn! Rudy gets much of the same, his spawn advancing under a hail of crossbow fire to assault him!
[15:31] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d20+4 Henrietta
[15:31] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2#1d20+4 Henrietta and gets 22." [2#1d20+4 = 5, 17]
[15:31] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d20+4 Rudy
[15:31] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2#1d20+4 Rudy and gets 40." [2#1d20+4 = 24, 16]
[15:31] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+2 Rudy
[15:32] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d4+2 Rudy and gets 3." [1d4=1]
[15:32] <@Ebiris> The torturer keeps herself safe by backing away from the clumsy swipes, but the paladin only manages to turn half away and take a raking slash over his thigh for his troubles!
[15:32] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[15:33] * @Lucie quickly appraises her teammates to see who's faring worse, and settles on Rudy. Waving her arms in arcane gestures for a token effort at dramatic effect, she fires another beam at his opponent.
[15:33] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+5 ranged touch
[15:33] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+5 ranged touch and gets 20." [1d20=15]
[15:33] <@Ebiris> OOC: hit
[15:33] <@Lucie> roll 4d6 NL
[15:33] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 4d6 NL and gets 18." [4d6=5, 4, 4, 5]
[15:34] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Lucie  > Rudy  > Tobin  > Calseinica > Henrietta  > Drovalid's spawn'
[15:35] <@Ebiris> The child of Tybain is blasted away from him by the efforts of the acid tongued wizard, sending it careening across the stage and almost falling off it entirely!
[15:35] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy
[15:35] <Rudy> Rudy turns his attention to Henrietta's nemesis, doing to it the same favour he paid unto his own!
[15:35] <Rudy> roll 1d20+7
[15:35] <Rudy> roll 1d20+7
[15:35] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+7 and gets 15." [1d20=8]
[15:35] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+7 and gets 8." [1d20=1]
[15:35] <@Ebiris> OOC: 1 hit
[15:35] <Rudy> roll 1d8+1
[15:35] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5." [1d8=4]
[15:37] <@Ebiris> The crossbow bolt fires true, but like his first sally it merely bounces off the rubbery flab of Drovalid's unholy spawn! Tobin elects to remain with Calseinica and keep her upright, calling towards Henrietta, "Now, Drovalid, slay the false child and end this farce!"
[15:37] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henrietta
[15:38] <@Henrietta> Wordlessly, Henrietta tries to do just that!
[15:38] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+7
[15:38] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+7 and gets 26." [1d20=19]
[15:39] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+7 crit?
[15:39] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+7 crit? and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[15:39] <@Ebiris> OOC: normal hit
[15:39] <@Henrietta> roll 1d10+6
[15:39] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d10+6 and gets 9." [1d10=3]
[15:40] <@Ebiris> Henrietta maims the tormented spirit further, its head now pulped to an unrecognisable mess! But still it keeps going, emitting a phleghmy wet growl as it swipes its claws clumsily at her!
[15:40] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d20+4
[15:40] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2#1d20+4 and gets 16." [2#1d20+4 = 9, 7]
[15:40] <@Ebiris> To no avail, however, merely swiping air!
[15:40] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[15:41] <@Lucie> There's only one left, so Lucie decides to save what spells she has remaining...just in case there's something worse waiting in the next act. She strides over to take position opposite Drovalid and bash the thing into paste.
[15:41] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+5+2
[15:41] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+5+2 and gets 21." [1d20=14]
[15:41] <@Ebiris> OOC: hit
[15:41] <@Lucie> roll 1d8+2
[15:41] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d8+2 and gets 9." [1d8=7]
[15:44] <@Ebiris> Lucie's mace swings into the already ruined head of the monster and pounds it right down its neck! The seemingly headless monster wobbles for a second before it melts down into the ooze underfoot, vanishing from sight. The two knocked out ones similarly vanish and the crowd cheers just as the curtain lowers on this bloody act! It's barely touched the ground before Calseinica joins it, collapsing onto the stage with a pained groan, uncaring of the slime underneath her that now mingles with her blood. Tobin kneels down along with her, helping to support her as she mumbles about just needing a rest. "I thought her role was supposed to be safe!" he hisses angrily.
[15:46] <@Lucie> "It's too early to feel safe," Lucie says, flicking her mace through the air away from everyone else to dislodge the grime. "Who knows what's going to show up, after this?"
[15:46] <Rudy> "She's not gonna be able to keep acting," points out Rudy, walking over and crouching down. "She'll just fall over if she goes out again unless we get some healing." That comes with a pointed glance to the backstage crew.
[15:46] <@Henrietta> "How is she?" Henrietta asks, coming closer herself.
[15:48] <@Lucie> "Been better myself," Lucie admits. She looks thoroughly haggard by this point, moist with sweat, hair all awry. "Can keep going, but don't ask me to face another monster down."
[15:49] <@Ebiris> "The show must go on," Robahl states with weary finality as Calseinica lies propped up by Tobin. She's very pale now, losing her vampy allure and just seeming plain unhealthy, her legs stained dark red all the way down to match her dress. "If anything happens, she'll still be resurrected the same as the rest of you."
[15:49] <@Ebiris> The young starlet weakly raises her hand around Tobin's neck to try and push herself to her feet. "I'll be okay," she mumbles, closing her eyes tightly. "Just... I'll stay at the back, okay?"
[15:50] <Rudy> "Look, we get another monster, I'm throwing a crocodile at it or something," replies Rudy, grimacing. "Healing would be cheaper than diamonds," he adds, with a scowl. "Wasn't worried about myself. Stupid."
[15:50] <@Ebiris> "The penultimate act is next, and there's no danger in the final act," Thesing mentions as he lingers at the outskirts, seeming less enthused with Calseinica's injuries now that they're in his face. "It's nearly over, she can last that long."
[15:51] <Rudy> "Can you guys do anything?" Rudy glances at Lucie and Henrietta with a helpless shrug.
[15:52] <@Ebiris> "You mustn't!" Robahl insists, his eyes widening as he looks at Rudy. "You have to stay in character throughout! Look, just push through this last trial - this is the big scene where you bolster each other's spirits before the final battle. The play rests upon these next two scenes!"
[15:52] <@Henrietta> "Is there enough time to call Karkus?" Henrietta whispers, looking at Calseinica worriedly.
[15:52] * @Lucie shakes her head. "Sorry. My magic's all about ruining it for the other side. She'll just have to soldier through and say behind us."
[15:52] <@Lucie> *stay
[15:53] <@Ebiris> Calseinica manges to get upright, though she's dropped her dagger and shows no interest in retrieving it. "We can do it. I won't give up until the end," she insists, her voice more a small whimper at odds with her resolute statement.
[15:57] <@Lucie> "That's the spirit. Just, you know, louder when you're back on stage. Just look forward to when it's all over, we'll all have a drink, look back and laugh, right? Okay, maybe not laugh. More like swear never to do it again. But the booze will help."
[15:57] <@Ebiris> There's little time for much more as the narrator announces, "Act the Sixth. Trial by Combat and Love." The curtains begin to rise and the non-actors quickly retreat. Calseinica at least seems able to stand, but she doesn't move much and seems to need to focus just on that.
[15:57] <@Ebiris> Thesing speaks now to address the crowd, completely ignoring the defendants, his tone wondering as if thinking to himself. "How can this be? Four trials broken, and still they prevail. Hades smiles upon them. Does the Dark Lord truly know of my compact with the treacherous demons of the Underworld? It cannot be, or I am utterly undone. True or nay, I must try the last. I shall plunge their faith in pitch and acrid stew, and see if they hold to the cause."
[15:57] <@Ebiris> Done with his soliliquey, he faces the other actors with his ususal sanctimonious scorn. "You sickly whelps profess undying devotion to one another. Another smoldering lie flung from your dark lips. You but conspire to confound this court and our Dark Majesty. 'Tis ye who contract with demon-spawn and seek my undoing, in service to some slimy mistress or master of the putrid shadows that pruport to hide from great Hades. Your vile benefactors have thus far warded off justice's dark hand, but let us see if you hold steadfast before the promise of oblivion."
[15:57] <@Ebiris> According to the script, here's where the defendants begin to visibly lose hope, only to bolster each other with their loyalty and cameraderie so they can face the final trials with steadfast bravery.
[15:59] <Rudy> "I fear I can no longer go on," says Rudy, reaching up to cover his eyes. "My body does protest. These arms that fought on a hundred battlefields were not prepared to endure these torments. Give me an evil man, and I'll defeat him soundly, but..."
[16:02] * @Lucie doesn't have to pretend at all to look discouraged about this whole affair--she's visibly worn and battered from the evening's travails. A searching glance out into the darkness of the theater, as if fearing some monstrous onslaught at any moment. "My body fails my will," she confesses, clutching her wand with obvious effort. "My hands...were you to throw me a rope while drowning, I
[16:02] * @Lucie could hardly clutch it for the shaking. Go on without us, Larazod!"
[16:03] <@Ebiris> "No foolish talk, young paladin," Larazod turns to Tybain, battered and bruised himself. "Haven't you claimed immortality a hundred times? This body was blessed by Apollo to be the greatest hero?" he slaps his gauntleted hand on Tybain's shoulder, "Only to die when bards forget your deeds? Get up, dear friend, more brother to me than my own flesh. Your duties are not abated, your task undone."
[16:04] <@Henrietta> "It is difficult to proceed," Henrietta agrees solemnly. "To keep going, once you vowed to right all your wrongs, only to see others suffer and pay the price for your sins." She glances at Calseinica, before hurriedly looking away. "Will that continue for as long as my sins burden you and yours, Larazod?"
[16:05] <@Ebiris> "The wizard falls ill," Ilsandra remarks, her airy tone and swaying posture making her words sound ironic, "She's suffered long enough, and have we not suffered for her sharp tongue? Kick off, old hag... be done with you," she tells Dentris with unfocused eyes, an admirable effort at remembering her lines despite her ailments.
[16:07] <Rudy> "Silence, cur! How much of our being here is the fault of your lips and your eyes?" demands Rudy, railing haggardly towards the swaying woman. "Yet 'tis clearly you who suffers most. Perhaps these trials have merit beyond my expectations, eh? Though I'll say this. I quake not at the fear of facing evil, only anticipation- that at the end of this, I'll stare down that magistrate face to face and
[16:07] <Rudy> see what his mettle be made of! For that, Larazod?"
[16:08] <@Lucie> "'Old hag,' you say?" Dentris echoes with obvious rancor. "So sayeth the turncoat strumpet!" she draws herself up, strikes a more confident pose. "There's life in me yet. I'll not fall while this slip of a girl casts japes at me! Watch, I'll outlast you yet."
[16:09] <@Ebiris> "Heh," Ilsandra laughs weakly, almost coughing at the end, "The milksop paladin has steel? And look, even the witch looks more lively yet...  My love does draw strange characters to his side."
[16:10] <@Lucie> "We'd not be together were it not for his inspiration. Alas for the circumstances, but I'd not change a thing! Far be it for me to fail him now."
[16:10] <Rudy> "Aye, 'tis because his virtue remains pure," replies Rudy. "None other would I follow. He makes better folk of all who see him."
[16:11] <@Ebiris> "Aye, and more true companions I could never ask for. Even fair Drovalid has shown her wisdom and loyalty in the face of yon' magistrate's deceit." He holds his sword aloft, "Seven trials or seven hundred, it makes no difference for those such as us!"
[16:13] <@Ebiris> "How touching," Haanderthan finally intercedes, "These sentiments of yours are naught but dreamy winds, soon to be shred by Hades' blasting winds!" As he speaks the rear curtain rises behind the stage, revealing a painted backdrop of a swampy hellscape of nightmarish foliage and steaming acid-baths... and before it all stand two enormous skeletons, gigantic hunched things with sloped muzzled skulls and rows of rotten sharp teeth, their long arms ending in vicious raking claws!
[16:14] <@Ebiris> The crowd makes an appreciative murmur at the spectacle, a number surging to their feet in anticipation of an even more exciting battle!
[16:14] <Rudy> "The only evil wind I hear is that coming from your mouth, fiend!" Rudy casts a hand to the side. "Apollo is with us, friends! Onward!"
[16:15] <@Ebiris> OOC: initiative
[16:15] * @Henrietta regains some of her conviction at Tobin's words, enough to raise her eyes once more. And just in time to see enormous skeletons!
[16:15] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+6
[16:15] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+6 and gets 23." [1d20=17]
[16:15] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+3
[16:15] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+3 and gets 13." [1d20=10]
[16:15] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+1 Calseinica
[16:15] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+1 Calseinica and gets 13." [1d20=12]
[16:15] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+2 Tobin
[16:15] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+2 Tobin and gets 19." [1d20=17]
[16:15] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d20+7 skeletons
[16:15] <Rudy> roll 1d20+5 init
[16:15] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2#1d20+7 skeletons and gets 33." [2#1d20+7 = 17, 16]
[16:15] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+5 init and gets 18." [1d20=13]
[16:16] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Lucie > Tobin > Rudy > Skeleton 1 > Skeleton 2 > Henrietta > Calseinica'
[16:16] <@Ebiris> OOC: open, Lucie
[16:16] * @Lucie reaches out her will to focus a freezing aura around one of the skeletons. "Oblivion is your lot. Accept it!"
[16:16] <@Lucie> roll 5d6 cold, fort DC 17 halves
[16:16] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 5d6 cold, fort DC 17 halves and gets 16." [5d6=3, 2, 1, 4, 6]
[16:17] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+2
[16:17] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+2 and gets 18." [1d20=16]
[16:18] <@Ebiris> A luminous blue aura consumes the left skeleton, leaving frost covering its bones and making them creak ominously as it moves. Tobin raises his sword and takes the lead, advancing towards the one damaged by Lucie and hacking out at its brittle bones!
[16:18] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+10 -2pa -2 expertise
[16:18] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+10 -2pa -2 expertise and gets 24." [1d20=14]
[16:18] <@Ebiris> roll 1d10+12
[16:18] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d10+12 and gets 15." [1d10=3]
[16:19] <@Ebiris> It's a solid hit, shattering through several ribs and severely cracking its pelvis! After striking he raises his shield to weather the impending counterattack!
[16:19] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy
[16:21] <Rudy> "His blessings are upon you!" cries Rudy, throwing his hands forth and empowers his allies with an enhancement of speed! "Strike truer than lightning, faster than a gale!"
[16:22] <@Ebiris> The two skeletons position themselves to flank Tobin, lunging in to bite at him as they raise their arms to follow up with viciously pounding slashes!
[16:22] <@Ebiris> roll 3#1d20+10
[16:22] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 3#1d20+10 and gets 61." [3#1d20+10 = 20, 20, 21]
[16:22] <@Ebiris> roll 3#1d20+10
[16:23] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 3#1d20+10 and gets 61." [3#1d20+10 = 20, 20, 21]
[16:24] <@Ebiris> But his guard is like that of the mightiest fortress, pushing their blows away with his shield to a resounding clang and parrying their blows with his sword! The audience begins to cheer, Liamae's voice dimly heard amidst it encouraging him to give them hell.
[16:24] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henrietta
[16:26] <@Henrietta> Visibly steeling herself before this final obstacle, Henrietta unslings her flail and strides forward with determination. "I'm coming, Larazod!" she calls, her target being the frozen of the pair.
[16:27] <@Ebiris> As she approaches a bony arm lashes out like lightning to catch her unawares!
[16:27] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+8
[16:27] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+8 and gets 15." [1d20=7]
[16:27] <@Henrietta> OOC: AC20
[16:27] <@Ebiris> But she's able to duck under it, getting in position to strike!
[16:27] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+10
[16:27] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+10 and gets 19." [1d20=9]
[16:27] <@Ebiris> OOC: hit
[16:27] <@Henrietta> roll 1d10+6
[16:27] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d10+6 and gets 7." [1d10=1]
[16:29] <@Ebiris> Henrietta's flail crushes vertebrae as she slams into its spine, making it stumble and shudder! Bracing on its long arm, it stays up nonetheless, solely focused on killing Larazod! Ilsandra hangs back, seeming quite happy to focus on the intricacies of staying upright.
[16:29] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[16:29] * @Lucie maneuvers carefully around the melee, moving up behind the other skeleton. She'll lunge in to strike at it next time she sees a safe opening!
[16:30] <@Ebiris> Tobin nods gratefully to Henrietta, calling out, "No army of moldering dead will stand before our truth!" as his sword whips out at the already weakened spine!
[16:30] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+10 -3pa -2 expertise
[16:30] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+10 -3pa -2 expertise and gets 24." [1d20=14]
[16:31] <@Ebiris> roll 1d10+13
[16:31] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d10+13 and gets 18." [1d10=5]
[16:31] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Lucie > Tobin > Rudy > Skeleton 2 > Henrietta > Calseinica'
[16:31] <@Ebiris> His heavy sword smashes through already ravaged vertebrae, cutting the gigantic skeleton in half and causing it to tumble to the stage in a flurry of disjointed bones!
[16:31] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy
[16:32] <@Henrietta> "Nothing can stop it!" Henrietta agrees, quite revitalized by this turn of events.
[16:34] <Rudy> "Nothing can stop us!" adds Rudy, firing a volley of bolts at the skeleton's skull without really dwelling on how effective a bolt can be against such a creature!
[16:34] <Rudy> roll 1d20+7
[16:34] <Rudy> roll 1d20+7
[16:34] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+7 and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[16:34] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+7 and gets 21." [1d20=14]
[16:34] <@Ebiris> OOC; 2 hits
[16:34] <Rudy> roll 1d8+1
[16:34] <Rudy> roll 1d8+1
[16:34] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d8+1 and gets 8." [1d8=7]
[16:34] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d8+1 and gets 8." [1d8=7]
[16:35] <@Ebiris> The bolts strike well, one pushing through the cracks in the skull while the other shears through the mouth and removes several rotten fangs! The remaining fangs are still up to the task of attacking poor Larazod, however!
[16:35] <@Ebiris> roll 3#1d20+8
[16:35] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 3#1d20+8 and gets 56." [3#1d20+8 = 28, 18, 10]
[16:36] <@Ebiris> But Tobin moves like lightning to bring his shield up, knocking several teeth out as he batters the head away and then ducks under the following two swings!
[16:36] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henrietta
[16:36] <@Ebiris> OOC: wait
[16:36] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+8 crit check
[16:36] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+8 crit check and gets 20." [1d20=12]
[16:36] <@Ebiris> roll 1d8+5
[16:36] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d8+5 and gets 12." [1d8=7]
[16:36] <@Ebiris> OOC: that makes the other two attacks hits
[16:37] <@Ebiris> roll 1d6+5
[16:37] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d6+5 and gets 7." [1d6=2]
[16:37] <@Ebiris> roll 1d6+5
[16:37] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d6+5 and gets 10." [1d6=5]
[16:39] <@Ebiris> Tobin moves quickly to bring his shield up into play, but not quick enough! The jaws of the undead giant clamp around his sword arm, pressing hard enough to bend metal and issuing a spurt of blood from between the joints of his armour! He goes limp at that, seeming to fall in slow motion onto the stage floor, a gasp from the crowd heard as the bloodthirsty giant hammers at his prone and unmoving form with its clawed fists, shearing sounds of torn metal coupled with sprays of released blood heralding the brave knight's defeat!
[16:39] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Lucie > Rudy > Skeleton 2 > Henrietta > Calseinica'
[16:39] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henrietta
[16:41] <@Henrietta> Her expression changing from triumph to horror in a flash, Henrietta charges in with a scream of fury!
[16:41] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+8 AoO
[16:41] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+8 AoO and gets 16." [1d20=8]
[16:41] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+9
[16:41] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+9 and gets 21." [1d20=12]
[16:41] <@Ebiris> OOC: hit
[16:42] <@Henrietta> OOC: AC18 due to charge, should've been +1 more on my to hit
[16:42] <@Henrietta> roll 1d10+6
[16:42] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d10+6 and gets 13." [1d10=7]
[16:43] <@Ebiris> Henrietta's fury lends her strength, her flail arcing up through the creature's ribcage without even noticing its wayward counterattack, shattering the breastbone and causing fragments of ribs to fall all over to the floor! Calseinica breaks character, so shocked at this that she cries out, "Tobin!" and covers her mouth.
[16:43] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[16:45] <@Lucie> Probably something dramatic should be shouted now, but Lucie's hardly feeling properly in-character while someone actually lies dying! She darts in to to take two swings at the monster's battered skull before someone else falls before it!
[16:45] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+5+1
[16:45] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+5+1 and gets 12." [1d20=6]
[16:45] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+5+1
[16:45] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+5+1 and gets 7." [1d20=1]
[16:45] <@Lucie> OOC: +2 from flanking, for what it's worth
[16:45] <@Ebiris> OOC: turns the first into a hit
[16:45] <@Lucie> roll 1d8+2
[16:46] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d8+2 and gets 8." [1d8=6]
[16:46] <@Ebiris> Lucie manages a single hit, having to jump up and smash her mace into the back of its skull, denting the bone and causing fragments to rattle inside the empty cavity!
[16:46] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy
[16:48] <Rudy> Without Tobin's powerful sword, it falls to them to inflict the fatal blows on the montrosity- is it even legal?! Rudy has no more interest in pithy quotes either, and he sends another pair of bolts towards their nemesis!
[16:48] <Rudy> roll 1d20+7
[16:48] <Rudy> roll 1d20+7
[16:48] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+7 and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[16:48] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+7 and gets 23." [1d20=16]
[16:48] <Rudy> roll 1d20+8
[16:48] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+8 and gets 27." [1d20=19]
[16:48] <@Ebiris> OOC: two hits
[16:48] <Rudy> OOC: +1 to the first two, I forget haste so easily!
[16:48] <Rudy> roll 1d20+8 also that third one is a crit
[16:48] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+8 also that third one is a crit and gets 17." [1d20=9]
[16:48] <@Ebiris> OOC: hit and crit
[16:48] <Rudy> roll 1d8+1
[16:48] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d8+1 and gets 2." [1d8=1]
[16:48] <Rudy> roll 2d8+2
[16:48] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 2d8+2 and gets 8." [2d8=4, 2]
[16:49] <@Ebiris> Rudy's flurry of bolts sail through the air towards the imposing skeleton! One goes wide, another just glances off solid bone, but the third punches right through its neck, making the skull loll at a strange angle! It stays upright, however, now turning its fury upon the turncoat torturer Drovalid!
[16:50] <@Ebiris> roll 3#1d20+8
[16:50] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 3#1d20+8 and gets 73." [3#1d20+8 = 28, 25, 20]
[16:50] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+8 crit check
[16:50] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+8 crit check and gets 25." [1d20=17]
[16:52] <@Henrietta> Fury and desperation coming together, Henrietta swings at the looming monstrosity with all her might!
[16:52] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+10
[16:52] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+10 and gets 20." [1d20=10]
[16:52] <@Ebiris> OOC: hit
[16:52] <@Henrietta> roll 1d10+6
[16:52] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d10+6 and gets 8." [1d10=2]
[16:52] <@Henrietta> OOC: Did you save me, hero point?!
[16:54] <@Ebiris> The skeleton looms over her, claws and teeth surging down with lethal intent to end Henrietta's life... and meets the crashing impact of her flail to its face, pulverising bone into dust and causing the entire monstrosity to collapse in a rain of white bone around her!